Jarvis DeBerry
MSNBC Opinion Editor
Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MSNBC Daily.
Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MSNBC Daily.
Latest from Jarvis DeBerry
The Mississippi sheriff whose ranks included a 'Goon Squad' needs to go
A group of Mississippi officers called the "Goon Squad" was sentenced to prison. Still, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should resign or be removed.
In 'James,' the great American novel 'Huckleberry Finn' gets an update
"James,” novelist Percival Everett’s retelling of “Huckleberry Finn,” published Tuesday. It tells Jim's story in a way that Mark Twain couldn't have.
They spent $600K on a proposed climate change solution. Their failure is a warning.
A failed $600,000 sand dune project off Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts is a costly illustration that fighting climate change takes a more global approach.
Jay-Z’s Grammy speech is a call to tear down the walls dividing music
Jay-Z criticized the Grammys for never having given Beyoncé an album of the year award wasn't the most important thing he said on stage.
There was no good way for Alabama to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith
Kenneth Smith’s execution by nitrogen gas was horrible, but the protests in Alabama may distract from the point that it’s barbaric for the state to end anyone’s life.
Legendary rapper André 3000 says he's arrived at a place where he has no words
André 3000's ‘New Blue Sun’ shocked many by leaning away from hip-hop, but the former OutKast member’s new flute album deserves deeper reflection.
Tim Scott told a great story about America. It’s not clear he ever believed it.
Sen. Tim Scott was once clear-eyed about the menace of systemic racism. His presidential campaign told a different story.
The Republican narrative is the only thing that ever matters to Steve Scalise
Republicans nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be the next speaker during a vote in which he prevailed over Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan.
Justice Jackson visited this holy civil rights site to remember and to rebuke
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended the accurate teaching of history at Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church where four girls were murdered 60 years ago.
Ron DeSantis denied human-caused climate change. Idalia wanted a word.
Hurricane Idalia hit Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday morning a week after Gov. Ron DeSantis denied the existence of human-caused climate change.
The 'thin blue line' will never be a match for the kinds of guns being sold in America
Scot Peterson, an officer assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, was found not guilty of neglecting children killed there in 2018.
